Growing Up Amish : A Memoir

from homeschoolmimzi

What annoys me a lot about books is when the title doesn't exactly reflect what the book is about. Here is another example of that. I expected Wagler's memoir to be about growing up Amish, what it was like to grow up in that culture, day to day living, beliefs, etc.. It touched on those things, b...

from Robin661

Growing Up Amish Ira Wagler I enjoyed this book for a multitude of reasons. One big reason is the insight provided by Mr. Wagler of what the Amish life is like. There was a complete honesty and simplicity in his thinking about home. The question always before him was can he ever really leave home...

from BarbsReviews

I have been reading a lot of Amish stories here lately as it is like a different world for me. I was fascinated with Ira's account of his 10 year struggle with his life as being Amish. Through Ira's eyes I got to see more of what they believe in, how things work and how it is common for people wh...

from tillien

An amazingly brilliant insight into the Amish culture and into Ira's soul. I was riveted with this book from the first page. The book gave me what I had been craving in all of the Amish fiction I always read...insight into their lives, their culture, their world. Ira does an amazing job pouring o...

from dara85

I really have enjoyed reading some Amish fiction, so I decided to try some non-fiction. I really enjoyed reading about Ira's life and struggles in my home state. As I read the story I realized I lived about one county away when some of this story takes place. I would recommend this to anyone who ...